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eorl

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§85; §335;
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a man of rank or gentle birth
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  • Eorl

    herus,

    • An. Ox. 53, 6
    • .
  • Weorðscipes wyrðe, ǽlc be his mǽðe, eorl and ceorl, þegen and þeóden,

    • Ll. Th. i. 190, 13
    • .
  • Gif wið eorles birele man geligeð .xii. scill. gebéte. Gif wið ceorles birelan man geligeð .vi. scillingum gebéte,

    • 6, 11
    • .
  • Þrǽl wearð tó þegene, and ceorl wearð tó eorle,

    • 334, 8
    • .
used of Scandinavians, = Icel. jarl
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  • Ælfred gefeaht wiþ þára eorla getruman, and þǽr wearþ Sidroc eorl ofslægen se alda, and Sidroc eorl se gioncga, and Ósbearn eorl, and Hareld eorl,

    • Chr. 871
    • ;
    • P. 70, 24-27
    • :
    • 918
    • ;
    • P. 98, 10, 20
    • .
of a Scandinavian acting with the English:
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  • Se cyng betǽhte þá fyrde to lǽdene Ealfríce ealdorman and þórode eorl

    • 992
    • ;
    • P. 127, 11
    • .
as a title in England, taking the place of ealdorman. [The transition may be illustrated by the following passages referring to Oslac
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  • Óslác féng tó ealdordóme,

    • Chr. 966
    • ;
    • P. 119, 2
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  • Óslác ealdorman,

    • 963
    • ;
    • P. 117, 19
    • .
  • Óslác se mǽra eorl,

    • 975
    • ;
    • P. 122, 6
    • .
  • Óslác eorl and eal here þe on þís (his, f. v. l.) ealdordóme wunað,

    • Ll. Th. i. 278, 5.
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  • Se cyng and Þúrkyl eorl (cf. Cnut cyng eall Englalandes ríce tódǽlde on feówer; him seolfan West-Sexan, and Þúrkylle Eást-Englan . . . ,

    • 1017
    • ;
    • P. 154, 4
    • ),
    • Chr. 1020
    • ;
    • P. 154, 24
    • .
  • Ðá cóm Godwine eorl and Swegen eorl and Harold eorl . . . Þá wælisce men forwrégdon ðá eorlas,

    • 1048
    • ;
    • P. 174, 3, 9
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  • Æt cynges spǽce lecge man .vi. healfmearc wedd; æt eorles and bisceopes .xii. óran wedd,

    • Ll. Th. i. 296, 26
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  • Eorles heregeata,

    • 414, 4
    • .
  • Ærcebisceopes and eorles (æðelinges, v. l.) wærgild bið .xv. M. þrimsa,

    • 186, 19
    • .
  • Gif þegen geþeáh ꝥ hé wearð tó eorle,

    • 192, 7
    • .
  • Beó hé scyldig wið þone þe hit áge, swá wið cyningc .cxx. sciłł., swá wið eorl .lx. sciłł.,

    • 384, 18
    • .
  • Man sette Oddan tó eorle ofer Defenascíre and ofer Sumersǽton and ofer Dorséton and ofer Wealas,

    • Chr. 1048
    • ;
    • P. 177, 2
    • .
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a hero, &c.
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